Definition
or רֹתֶם; from H7573; the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)
Traditional renderings: juniper (tree).
Traditional renderings: juniper (tree).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רֹ֫תֶם:
- ξύλονxulon“wood”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- 1 Kings 19:4רֹ֣תֶם · broom tree…while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 19:5רֹ֣תֶם · the broom treeThen he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
- Job 30:4רְתָמִ֣ים · of the broom treeThey plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
- Psalm 120:4רְתָמִֽים׃ · of the broom treeSharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!